Assessment and intervention to teach age recognition skills: a suggested programme using the example of a case study to illustrate

By: Bell, Dorothy M.
Contributor(s): Espie, Colin A.
Series: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 13 (3) 2000: 159-168.Publisher: 2000Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR | INTERVENTION | SKILLS | CASE STUDIESSummary: A 43-year-old man with mild intellectual disabilities was referred after several contacts with the law when he had been seen in the street talking to children who were unknown to him. Some staff members feared that he had a sexual interest in children. Other colleagues considered that the behaviour was innocent, reflecting his friendly nature, but that it was a behaviour which was misinterpreted by others. The present paper charts the assessment of this man's difficulties and abilities over a wide range of relevant areas and a reassessment following an intensive period of one-to-one training on age recognition skills. [AJ].
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A 43-year-old man with mild intellectual disabilities was referred after several contacts with the law when he had been seen in the street talking to children who were unknown to him. Some staff members feared that he had a sexual interest in children. Other colleagues considered that the behaviour was innocent, reflecting his friendly nature, but that it was a behaviour which was misinterpreted by others. The present paper charts the assessment of this man's difficulties and abilities over a wide range of relevant areas and a reassessment following an intensive period of one-to-one training on age recognition skills. [AJ].

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